Education

Mercedes Ashton Hartman of Crestwood is a finalist for Kentucky’s 30th annual Homecoming Queen Selection. The selection will take place May 8 and 9 in Louisville. Hartman is the South Oldham High School Homecoming Queen.

Kentucky’s 2010 Homecoming Queen receives a cash scholarship and a trip to the national finals to compete for America’s Homecoming Queen.

Mark Scherer, a seventh-grader at North Oldham Middle School was recently named a semifinalist in the Kentucky Geographic Bee by the National Geographic Society. The bee will take place April 9 at the Knicely Economic Center in Bowling Green.

The winner will receive $100, the “National Geographic Collegiate Atlas of the World” and a trip to Washington, D.C. to represent Kentucky in the national finals.

The La Grange Elementary PTA and the Oldham County YMCA, will host a walkathon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27.

The walk starts at La Grange Elementary and encompasses 1.5 miles through historic downtown La Grange. There will be 10 points of interest marked along the way where families can learn some of the town’s history while enjoying the walk.

After the walk, a spring festival will take place at the school. The festival features inflatables, face painting, food vendors, retail vendors and a magic show with Mr. Magic at 12:15 p.m.

Brittany Toombs of La Grange was recently named to the dean’s list and the president’s list at Eastern Kentucky University. To be named to the dean’s list, students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher and a 4.0 GPA for the president’s list.

Toombs also received the dean’s award for students who are on the dean’s list for three semesters. She received the dean’s award pin.

Toombs is the daughter of Gary and Mindy Toombs and the granddaughter of June St. Clair.

Students from Oldham County High School recently performed in two university honors band clinics. Several students participated in the University of Louisville honors bands Jan. 22 and 23, working under the direction of Fredrick Speck. The honors bands presented a concert on the evening of January 23 in Comstock Hall at UofL.